CIEE High School Semester/Year Abroad in Brazil

Location

Brazil: Sao Luiz

Program Summary

Learn a new language in one of the world’s most colorful cultures.

Brazil is about football (soccer), music (like samba, funk, and favela beats), tempting dishes (rice and beans with everything), fresh fruit (mango, banana, papaya … take your pick!), and a happy, laid-back lifestyle. As a high school student, it is also about daily classes and after-school interaction. Walk in the shoes of a local teen, and see your Portuguese language proficiency grow by leaps and bounds.

For your first three weeks in Brazil, you will take an intensive Portuguese language course to get you speaking basic Portuguese and ready for daily high school classes. Then, five days a week you will take classes — taught solely in Portuguese — at a private high school.

Along with Portuguese literature, science, math, history, art, and philosophy, you’ll also spend two hours per week in a Portuguese language “booster” course.

Program Summary

Learn a new language in one of the world’s most colorful cultures.

Brazil is about football (soccer), music (like samba, funk, and favela beats), tempting dishes (rice and beans with everything), fresh fruit (mango, banana, papaya … take your pick!), and a happy, laid-back lifestyle. As a high school student, it is also about daily classes and after-school interaction. Walk in the shoes of a local teen, and see your Portuguese language proficiency grow by leaps and bounds.

For your first three weeks in Brazil, you will take an intensive Portuguese language course to get you speaking basic Portuguese and ready for daily high school classes. Then, five days a week you will take classes — taught solely in Portuguese — at a private high school.

Along with Portuguese literature, science, math, history, art, and philosophy, you’ll also spend two hours per week in a Portuguese language “booster” course.

Program Highlights

1. Spend 45 hours in intensive Portuguese language classes over three weeks before beginning your regular high school classes.

2. Take two hours of Portuguese booster classes to keep you progressing.

3. Receive an official record of classes and grades from your local school in Brazil.

4. Gain intercultural skills that can help you interact with people from other cultures.